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Spirit AMX Suspension and Brakes upgrade

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    Posted: May/05/2023 at 1:06pm




I decided to share a bit of work that was done over the last 2 months. I will add photos as I get time. 
Front Willwood 12" 6 Piston Front brakes, had to have a cut down base spindle as mine was the bendix and was too long. With the lowering plate it was too wide and the tire would hit the fender. Removed the lowering plates.  Rear 12" Wilwood with 4 piston Calipers and integrated rear park brake, Dr. Diff AMC 20 solid axles, Control Freak Rear Triangulated 4 link in the rear with Viking shocks 250 lb springs. Front Viking Coil overs for a Ford falcon, 450 lb springs  with turned down spring perch pins. Willwood Master Cylinder bolted to a power Brake booster. 

The ride height is about where I want it. 
This was a lot of work and my buddies really came through to help complete it. 
Austin at AMC Acres is who I bought the Control Freak suspension and Willwood Brakes. Great service and responsive when I had questions.  I will have additional photos later to share. 
Dave 


Edited by garsod - May/05/2023 at 1:22pm
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That coilover idea has my full undevided attention. Currently I'm running 6 hole plates and can definitely confirm tire/fender meetings 

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Here is the part numbers from Viking. 
With a machined cross pin to match the Viking bushing it is truly a bolt in upgrade. 


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Originally posted by garsod garsod wrote:



That ride height looks awesome! That's in the long term plans for mine, I'll be bookmarking this for the coil over part numbers. Thanks for posting!
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Full coilover setup...NICE: )
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